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As far as black teas go, this one is just so deep in complexity. Based on this, I would strongly recommend all old arbor black teas from Yunnan Sourcing. It’s so well balanced with dark fruit notes, appropriate sweetness coupled with a perfect amount of bitterness and full body. It also held up well to many steepings, and just continued to develop and produce good tea. I’d be really interested to see if this ages well, but unfortunately I don’t think I can wait long enough to see!

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185 °F / 85 °C 6 g 3 OZ / 100 ML

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Eau Claire, WI native and current UW student living in Madison. My hometown had a tea shop that got me into tea before I went off to college to learn from talking to experts in Nashville and Madison, particularly the owner of Macha Tea Company. My tastes change with the seasons, but I love sheng and shou pu-erh, rock oolongs, Taiwanese oolongs, Yunnan blacks, and Japanese greens.

My love of tea is balanced by my love of good coffee (I have lists of the best coffee shops for Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Madison, Nashville, and Chicago) and my love of chemistry and environmental sciences, my fields of study in college.

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